Blinded by the Light follows Javed (Viveik Kalra) a British teen of Pakistani descent, growing up in Luton, England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when a classmate introduces him to the music of Bruce Springsteen, Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen’s powerful lyrics and finds a cathartic outlet for his pent-up dreams.
